Ratits�nhaienhs attending 2023 World University Games in Lake Placid

01/12/2023

The Mohawk Council of Kahnaw�:ke (MCK) wishes to inform Kahnawa�kehr�:non that Oh�n:ton �:iente ne Ratits�nhaienhs (Grand Chief) Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer and Rats�nhaienhs Harry Angus Rice will be attending the 2023 FISU World University Games, representing the community. 

Sky-Deer will be speaking at one of tomorrow�s (Friday) official events, while Rice will attend a pair of hockey games on Saturday with a group from the Kahnaw�:ke Youth Center.

�We�d like to give potential student-athletes a chance to see what could be in their future,� said Rats�nhaienhs Rice. �We hope this trip could be inspirational.�

Local athletes participated in a ceremonial Torch Relay through Kahnaw�:ke on December 8th, concluding at today�s opening ceremonies. Organizers approached Kahnaw�:ke as an acknowledgment of the Games taking place on ancestral Haudenosaunee territory.